Paula Ishibashi
| Full name | Paula Harumi Ishibashi | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | February 14, 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Paula Harumi Ishibashi (born February 14, 1985) is a Brazilian rugby union player. She is the current captain of Brazil's women's sevens team and will be leading them at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Ishibashi was introduced to rugby sevens through friends and has been a veteran of the team for 10 years.[2] In 2013, she was awarded the Athlete of the Year Award by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.[3] In 2015, she also was awarded the best Rugby Player of 2015 by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.[4]
She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Brazil women's rugby sevens team.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Rio 2016 hosts Brazil name Olympic squads". worldrugby.org. Archived from the original on 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ Pickup, Oliver (22 February 2016). "Brazil star Paula Ishibashi's Q and A before Sao Paulo". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ Davis, Karlla (10 January 2013). "Brazilian rugger Paula Ishibashi nominated as rugby athlete of the year in Brazil". scrumhalfconnection.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Paula Ishibashi Elected Best Athlete by Brazilian Olympic Committee". Americas Rugby News. 2015-11-25. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Paula Harumi ISHIBASHI". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
External links[edit]
- Paula Ishibashi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- Brazilian female rugby union players
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- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
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